Locket.



No. 727,555. PATENTED MAY 5,1903. J. E. POTTER.

LOGKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1902.

30 MODEL.

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l .5 h I I/ a f4 .IJ4 1 UNITED STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

JAMES E. POTTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,555, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed November 20,1902. Serial No. 132,052. (No model.)

T0 whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JAMEs E. POTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lockets and similar articles, and has for its purpose a concealment of the joint, which shall possess the advantages of a swinging and pivoted joint and hinge combined, so that the locket-cover shallnot only be limited in its outward movement, but shall at all times be in intimate contact with the body portion, thus escaping the dis jointed effect presented by the structures heretofore devised.

To these ends my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a face view of my complete locket; Fig. 2, an edge view; Fig. 3, a transverse section of the locket on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a plan view of an inner portion of the locket-body; Fig. 5, a section of the latter on line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a plan view of an inner portion of the locket-cover; Fig. 7, a section of the latter on line 7 '7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a front view of the joint upon open cover; Fig. 9, a vertical section of the same on line 9 9 of Fig.8, andFigs. 10 and 11 detail views of the joint.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views.

The structure of my locket is as follows: The curved body portion A of my locket has an internal flange a, with a depressed portion to adjacent a marginal slot or opening a therein. The locket-cover Bis similarin outline to the body portion and has a like inner flange b. The latter has a reduced depressed portion 1), which forms a rectangular opening 0 in the flange upon one side of the reduced portion and a segmental recess 13 on the other side. The usual suspension-ring d is fixed to the margin of the body, and a catch 6 projects from the flange a at a point diametrically opposite the joint parts now to be described. A hinge-plate m is soldered into the flange depression a. The plate is thus flush with the surface a. The margin of the plate is provided with two slots and rolled to embrace a pintle n, which also traverses two bars 0, seated in the slots, and whose opposite ends are also transversely pierced to receive a second pintlep,which similarly pivots the bars to the rolled slotted margin q of the hinge-plate 1. The extremity of the bars 0 adjacent the plate 1 project somewhat beyond the pintle p and are downwardly beveled, Fig. 11. The plate 1" is soldered to the inner face of the cover B, allowing the joint parts to operate in the openings of the flange b. The opening a in the body-flange affords a clearance-space for the bearings of pintle n. It will be observed that in closed position, Fig. 3, the joint is folded inwardly, requiring a minimum of thickness in the completed locket, which is a desideratum in this class of jewelry, and the surfaces of the locket body and cover are flush with each other, entirely concealing the hinge. In open position, Fig. 9, the pivotal bars 0 swing outwardly sufficiently to throw the edge of the cover B outside the edge of the body A, and the latter rests in the segmental recess 19 of the cover. The bars 0 are of sufficiently-restricted length to check any excessive disclosure of the locket parts and hold the latter in close contact with each other in all positions.

While I consider two pivoted bars 0 preferable, it is obvious that my device would be operative if one bar be eliminated. v

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- 1. In a locket, the combination with the body of an internal marginal flange, a hingeplate fixed to said flange, a cover, an internal marginal flange upon the cover, a hinge-plate fixed to the cover, and bars intermediate the hinge-plates and pivoted thereto.

2. In a locket, the combination with the body of aninternal marginal flange, a hingeplate fixed to said flange, a cover, an internal marginal flange upon the cover, parallel bars hinged to the hinge-plates and provided upon the extremities adjacent the cover with beveled extensions.

3. In a locket, the combination with the body of an internal marginal flange provided with a depression a hinged plate seated in the depression, a cover, an internal marginal flange upon the cover provided with a depressed and reduced portion, a rectangular 1 plate fixed to said flange, a cover, an internal marginal recess upon one side of the reduced marginal flange upon the cover, a hinge-plate portion, a segmental depression upon the fixed to the cover, and a bar Within the locket 15 other side of said portion, a hinge-plate fixed intermediate the hinge -plates and pivoted 5 to the cover beneath the flange thereof, means thereto.

intermediate the hinge-plates and pivoted In testimony whereof I have affixed my sigihereto for regulating the travel of the cover, and a slot near the margin of the body to receive the pivoted means when the latter are \C in folded position. Witnesses:

4. In a locket, the combination With the AMOS S. BLAOKINTON, body of an internal marginal flange, a hinge- AMOS S. BLACKINTON, Jr.

nature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES E. POTTER. 

